Jimmy Herring

Born: January 22, 1962

They say, ��It ain��t braggin�� if you can do it.�� Jimmy Herring is too modest to brag, but his guitar does a lot of the talkin��. And with the release of his first solo recording, Lifeboat, people are going to hear what Jimmy and his guitar have to say. Jimmy Herring is known for his limitless improvisations , long flowing phrases, and highly charged (and always very soulful) lead work. Lifeboat features Jimmy��s fiery guitar playing, and six Herring originals that showcase his stylistically diverse songwriting. Jimmy Herring developed his reputation as a unique guitar player from years of performing and recording with top-tier musicians

All About Music��My AAJ Experience

by Alan Bryson
September 8, 2025

Music & Taste Music and food have a lot in common. Variety is the key--without it, even the best prepared food loses its appeal. It is telling that we speak of “musical taste," even though we experience music through our ears. Genres like jazz and classical music weave together themes, patterns, harmonies, and mathematical ...

Jimmy Herring: Hope

by Mike Jacobs
August 23, 2025

Some bands' repertoire is so iconic that it rarely gets covered in any meaningful, updated way. Though it falls squarely into this category, Jimmy Herring's expanded 2013 revamp of the Mahavishnu Orchestra's stalwart piece, “Hope" was said to have moved composer John McLaughlin himself and planted the seeds for their subsequent collaborative “Meeting of the Spirits" ...

Project Z: Rainbow

by Mike Jacobs
April 4, 2025

Souvik Dutta: 20 Years of Abstract Logix

by Mike Jacobs
September 27, 2024

If you are a music lover, you may already know the name Souvik (pronounced show-vik) Dutta. Over the last 20 years, he has taken his Abstract Logix enterprise from a pre-YouTube streaming platform to a music retail website to a niche imprint to a respected independent label boasting a top-tier roster that includes the likes of ...

Adrian Younge e Ali Shaheed Muhammad : Jazz Is Dead

by Angelo Leonardi
January 23, 2023

Hanno scelto un marchio provocatorio, Adrian Younge e Ali Shaheed Muhammad per l'etichetta discografica e la piattaforma di musica dal vivo che gestiscono a Los Angeles da alcuni anni. I due musicisti e produttori vengono dalla scena hip-hop: il primo ha lavorato con artisti di fama mondiale come Wu-Tang Clan, Souls of Mischief e ...

Chicago band Marbin with their latest, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl and Weather Report

by Len Davis
February 13, 2022

Chicago band Marbin, with their latest Dirty Horse, Chick Corea, Dave Weckl, Jimmy Herring and Tribal Tech.Playlist Marbin “The Freeman Massacre" from Dirty Horse (Self Produced) 00:00 Chick Corea"Moseb the Executioner" from The Ultimate Adventure (Stretch) 06:33 {Dave Weckl Band “Down On The Corner" from Multiplicity (Stretch) 13:01 Nicholas d'amato's Royal Societyt"Pivot" from Nullius ...

John McLaughlin, Beledo, Spherical Agenda and Reza Tajbakhsh. Favourites with Project Z and Lorenzo Feliciati

by Len Davis
December 10, 2021

Spherical Agenda with their new release Arcane Wisdom, Beledo from Seriously Deep, Lorenzo Feliciati, Project Z, Omar Hakim and John McLaughlin. Playlist Project Z “Mud Bug" from Project Z (Terminus) 00:00 Lorenzo Feliciati “Thief Like Me" from Elevator Man (Rare Noise) 07:35 Omar Hakim “Transmigration" from We Are One (Ozmosis) 15:14 Reza Tajbakhsh “Chickology" ...

Your Eggs Scrambled, Any Way You Like

by Mike Jacobs
October 27, 2021

This edition of BackTracks takes a look at a few selections that might rewire, reset, thoroughly scramble or even short-circuit the “normal" music pathways of your noodle. These five selections are each capable of this in subtle or sometimes not-so-subtle ways. Everything from stylistic jumbles and conceptual twists to abandonment of premeditated form and utter mayhem ...

Miles Davis, Bill Laswell, John McLaughlin, Bob Berg, Kai Eckhardt and more

by Len Davis
June 11, 2021

On today's program we feature music from a live concert from Warsaw with Miles Davis, Jack DeJohnette, plus John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring from a live concert in San Francisco and Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey and Lenny White. Playlist Miles Davis “Hopscotch" from Live in Poland Warsaw 1983 (Gambit) 00:00 Jack DeJohnette “Miles" from ...